John Irving Quotes

In every life,” Dolores had said, “I think there’s always a moment when you must decide where you belong.

"Bonkie bit Garp!"
Garp bit Bonkie

People are either attracted to the unseemly or disapproving of it, or both; yet we try to sound superior to the unseemly by pretending to be amused by it or indifferent to it.

I’m not afraid, but I’m very nervous.

Don’t you understand?” he would say, “You imagine the story better than I remember it.

Everyone has a right to be a little happy, asshole.

There comes a moment in every life when you must let go with your hands — with both hands.

I TRUST THAT GOD WILL HELP ME, BECAUSE WHAT I’M SUPPOSED TO DO LOOKS VERY HARD.

It was a sound like someone trying not to make a sound.

And never forget, there is memory.

You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.

You Got To Get Obsessed and Stay Obsessed.

We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them.

If you can't love crudeness, how can you truly love mankind?

Men who believe in good and evil, and who believe that good should win, should watch for those moments when it is possible to play God